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Peru will not recognize Nicolás Maduro as Venezuela's "democratically elected president"
Ecuador has formally recognized Edmundo González as the elected president of Venezuela
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Biden disappointed defense act prohibits transfer of Guantánamo Bay detainees to other countries
Biden wrote that the "limitations… constrain the flexibility of the executive branch"
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CCP denounces anti-slave labor bill restricting imports from Xinjiang
The strong response came despite the Biden administration’s efforts to sign the bill, sponsored by Sens. Rubio and Merkley, quietly, off-camera and without media in the room
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Uruguayan President celebrates Christmas with Peacekeeping troops in the Congo
Uruguay is currently one of the countries that contributes the highest number of military personnel to UN Peacekeeping operations and currently has 819 peacekeepers deployed in the DRC
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Youngkin announces finance secretary, vows lower taxes
Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin announced his new finance secretary and vowed his team will promote lower taxes and greater fiscal responsibility in Richmond. The governor-elect’s incoming finance secretary will be Stephen Emery Cummings, the former president and
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Maduro celebrates illusory economic growth as annual inflation hovers at around 2,000 percent
While the Central Bank of Venezuela reported November’s inflation rate at 8.4 percent, that translates into a nearly 2,000 percent annual inflation rate
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Kansas lawmakers draft bill to eliminate state food sales tax
Move by Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and fellow Democrats in the Legislature comes as inflation is soaring, with wholesale price index rising a staggering 8.9% annualized last month
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Republicans move to ban federal funds to states, cities that allow non-citizens to vote
Several liberal municipalities from San Francisco to New York have moved to allow non-citizens to cast ballots in local elections
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Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau urges capitalist democracies to unite against China
“We’ve been competing and China has been from time to time very cleverly playing us off each other," he stated
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As first year ends, Biden faces lengthy checklist of unfinished business, slumping approval
What the president said he'd do — and what he actually did